Hally757 1.8

All she was told was that he called last night and said he couldn't make it home for Christmas. Hally lowered her head and tears rolled down her cheeks, she looked up again. "B-But why did Daddy have to go?" she cried. She ran to her mother who picker her up and surrounded her in a mother's embrace. I could smell her sweet perfume and the smell reminded me of when Daddy bought it for her on her birthday along time ago, and she clung to her dress and sobbed out loud. As her daughter cried her mother felt horrible, she knew she shouldn't keep this terrible like from her children, she didn't know what to do. So to keep Hally distracted she called her parents who knew about the divorce and had offered to take the children with them, agreed to come over later that night with food for a Christmas dinner since she couldn't afford a meal, and while they were waiting they played games. And baked sugar cookies. Hally's favorite game was hide and seek. They started playing and soon lost track of time. Now it was her mother's turn to find her.  She pretended to look for her hiding daughter who was behind the next door down. "Hally..come out..." She paused. "Where are you? Mommy can't find you? She's getting upset that she's losing." A tiny giggle was heard down the hall. She made a big show of looking under the beds, even under pillows, and blankets, behind the bathroom door and even the refrigerator. She looked around covering her eyes with her hands and every now and then Hally peeked out from behind, her mother was smiling away because she knew she loved this game.